Improvement in harvester-rakes



J. PAGIN. Harvester-Rake.

No. 198,520. Patented Dec. 25,1871.

N.FETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL PAGIN, OF WASHINGTON PRAIRIE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTER-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,520, dated December25, 1877; application filed November 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern: s

Be it known that I, J OEL PAGIN, of Washington Prairie, in the county ofWinneshiek and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvementin- Self Grain-Rakes, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

The invention relates to an improvement in self grain-rakes; andconsists in the devices hereinafter fully described.

The object of the invention is to furnish a suitable means for removingor conveying the grain from a platform, on which it falls as it is cut,to a grain-binder, where it may be bound in sheaves. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a deviceembodying the elements of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of same.

A represents a suitably-constructed platform, provided on one end withthe divider B, to which the grain-wheel (not shown) is attached. Theplatform A is furnished on its other end with the slightly-concaveinclined siding D, which extends upward a proper distance to deliver thegrain on the platform of a grain-binder. (Not shown.) Upon either end ofthe platform A is secured the standard E,

the upper ends of which support the frame F,

provided on opposite sides with the journalbearings H, containing thehorizontal shaft I, the front end whereof is enlarged, as shown, and isprovided witha through-slot, a, in which the rake-handle b has a freesliding movement, and will be mentioned hereinafte Upon the verticalside of the frame F, and facing frontward, is centrally secured, aroundthe shaft I, the cam M, which is supplied on its face, and adjacent theouter edge of same, with the groove d, as shown. Below the cam M, andalong the side of same, opposite the divider B, passes the guideway N,consisting of the bars a, which resemble very nearly the contour of thecam and incline D, and are properly separated to receive thefriction-wheel f, hereinafter described. The tramway is open at bothends, and at the upper portion of its inclined end the lower bar 6curves outward, as shown at h, and is secured to the frame F, the curvedpart h being above the upper edge of the incline D. The bars 6 may besecured in place in any convenient manner; at present, however, thelower bar rests upon the support 1', and the upper bar is retained byhangers l, secured to the standard E and upper portion of the frame F.

The rake-handle b has its upper end placed in the slot a of the shaft I,and is furnished on its side facing the cam, and at a suitable distancefrom its upper end, with the guidewheel m, which travels in the groove01, adjusting itself to the irregularities of the same, and therebyeither drawing or retracting the handle in the slot at. The lower end ofthe handle I) is provided with bearings n, in which the bar 10 ismounted and has a rotary motion. That portion of the bar 12 whichprojects forward beyond the bearings n is secured to the upper surfaceof the rake t, and that portion of same which projects rearward issupplied on its extremity with the arm u, which extends outward asuitable distance, and is furnished with a short arm, extendingrearward, and serving as an axle for the anti-friction or guide wheel f,which movesin the guideway N, and thereby controls the sweep of the raket. Between the rear bearing n and the arm at the coiled springw isplaced on the bar 0, and has one of its ends attached to the saidbearing n, the other end being secured to the lower edge of the said armu, thus giving the said arm a downward tension, at the same time causingthe bar 1) and rake t to have a rotary movement toward the incline D.The rake t is provided with suitable teeth P, for collecting the grain.Within the slot a, and in front of the handle I), is secured the dog Q,the lower end of which impinges the said handle, and retains it inproper relation to the cam M. Upon the side of the enlarged or front endof its shaft I, nearer the divider B, is supplied the hanger R, whichextends downward and carries the anti-friction wheel S, which restsagainst the face of the handle I), and thereby insures a free and easymovement of the same in the slot 11.

' It is evident that when the shaft I is rotated the handle b and raketare moved in the same direction along the platform A, up the incline D,and over the cam M, making a complete revolution.

It is also evident that while this movement is taking place the actionof the anti-friction and guide wheels f and m in the guideway N andgroove at either draws or retracts the handle b in the slot a, therebyconforming the motion of the rake to the surface over which it passes.

The grain, as it falls upon the platform A, is carried up the incline D,and is thrown over the top of same upon a grain -binder, (not shown,)which binds the said grain in sheaves.

I claim- 1. In a self grain-rake, the vertical cam M, provided with thegroove d, in combination with the overhung rake t and guideway N, allbeing arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. The vertical handle b, placed in slot a of the shaft I, and providedwith the wheel m,

which travels in the groove d, in combination JOEL PAGIN.

Witnesses J. B. B. BAKER, A. E. Goonvxoon'rz.

